Election or no, respect still missing in Canadian politics

There are few signs that this election about nothing will improve the representativeness of the House, or the discourse within it.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Annamie Paul. Canada's political parties aren't doing enough to promote diversity and respect, writes Rose Lemay.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

September 6, 2021

OTTAWA—Let’s have an election! Why, asked the people? No good reason, he said, just because I want a majority! The void of reason to blow hundreds of millions of taxpayers' money in an election appears to have created some anger in the people. If we really had to debate some issues in an electi...

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